He backed Labour in the 'knife-edge' election and said it was easy to be cynical - but 'cynicism never built a hospital'.

He begins in a cafe saying he's 'having an ordinary cup of tea because I'm an ordinary bloke' - before the owner cuts in saying: "Sorry we couldn't do a skinny soy latte".

Heartfelt: Steve Coogan drops the comedy act in a new video urging voters to pick Labour

Mr Coogan then describes his childhood in Manchester and how his parents taught him to respect 'hard work, honesty and decency'.

Despite there being six people in the family his parents fostered other children because it 'wasn't just about looking after number one and to hell with everyone else'.

Now the millionaire comedian has made his fortune he's tried to remember that message, he added.

"When we see the Conservatives helping their rich friends avoid paying taxes we know that's not fair because it means decent, hard-working people have to pay more," he said.

"If we don't think that's fair we have to change it and the way to change it is to vote Labour.

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"The Labour Party gave this country the NHS, it gave us the minimum wage, because Labour believes in helping all the people, not just the privileged few.

"I trust Labour with the NHS - I know they will take care of it. When the Conservatives say they will, I don't trust them.

"Imagine how it will feel if we wake up on Friday with another five years of the Tories in Downing Street - more cuts, more privatisation and the dismantling of the NHS.

"But it doesn't have to be like that.

"This election is on a knife-edge. If you want a government that believes in working families, in a better future for our kids and stands up for everyone, you can have it, but you need to go out and vote for it."